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The first thing to do on scene was assign a firefighter to walk 360 degrees around the burning structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Years later, after Ruane became a scientist who sometimes has the opportunity to assign official names to newly recognized reptile species, she returned to that old magazine interview.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Ellison and longtime Skydance investor, RedBird Capital Partners, then entered into agreements to assign some of their purchase rights to the sovereign wealth funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

That refers to the multiple that investors assign to each dollar of earnings.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

I had heard Mr. Rochester assign him an apartment below—what brought him here!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

This method assigns average calorie values to each gram of fat, carbohydrates, and protein, then uses those values to calculate the total available energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission assigns and oversees licenses for radio and television broadcast frequencies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Morningstar assigns a fair-value estimate of $35.20 for Southwest shares; they currently trading at roughly 30% above that.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

“I hear Ms. Brussels assigns mountains of homework.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

But he assigned “big error bars” to that possibility, given the complexities of standing up new chip production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Much of the matter in these early episodes is assigned to establishing the potato-potahto dichotomy of their hastily entered relationship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Researchers compared reported food consumption with the recommendations for each diet and assigned scores reflecting how well individuals followed those guidelines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

One Polymarket betting market has assigned a roughly 10% chance that the AI bubble will burst before New Year’s Day, according to the latest numbers available on the platform.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

At 4:55 they’ll line up single file and enter the control room, church-mouse quiet, and stand behind each of us at their assigned stations.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Trading cards and other collectibles are verified and assigned condition grades by PSA, which establishes their value and protects them by assigning serial numbers and certification information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

James Blunt immediately took control, assigning players various different roles.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They ended up splitting the class and assigning more students to other teachers, she said.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Jensen said assigning liability to the AI labs would force the companies into action.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

‘Complaining of unfairness is like assigning blame, Percy Jackson. It does no one any good.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan